{"id":1399,"date":"2013-08-12T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2014-11-03T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T21:30:31","slug":"2000-americans-in-the-riviera-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/08\/2000-americans-in-the-riviera-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"2000 Americans in the Riviera Maya?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico News has a nice little article about how many foreigners (i.e. non-Mexicans) visit and live in the Riviera Maya:<\/p>\n

\u201cQuintana Roo, especially destinations like Tulum, <\/em>Playa del Carmen<\/a>, Cozumel and Cancun, are very popular places for people from overseas to reside in.\u00a0 Having an Italian, German, Argentinian neighbor (or from anywhere else around the world) is no surprise at all, if you live in these destinations.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a matter of fact, Quintana Roo is the state that receives the highest number of foreigners of Mexico …\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The article does a great job of showing how you’ll find neighbors and visitors from all over the world, all around you. (Read the entire article here.)<\/p>\n

However, there’s a little point that isn’t very accurate: \u201cHaving said this, those who enter Mexico across the state, generally don’t stay here.\u201d True, I agree with that.<\/p>\n

But then the writer begins to cite \u201cofficial figures from the National Migration Institute\u201d on the numbers of expats:<\/p>\n

2015 Americans<\/p>\n

1178 Cubans<\/p>\n

737 Italians<\/p>\n

617 Canadians<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

Are you kidding? 2015 Americans?\u00a0 I think there are more Americans in the condos next door than that!<\/p>\n

Let me see, there’s Jim, Sally, Dana, Doug, \u2026 just kidding!<\/p>\n

But in all seriousness, I’ve heard numbers upwards of 10,000. Just from the feeling of how many Americans I see around, I think that would be closer.\u00a0 Now, of course, the \u201cfeeling\u201d of how many there are is boosted by the large number of tourists.\u00a0 But even during low season, there are expats everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, these \u201cofficial\u201d numbers count only those who register.\u00a0 Most expats I know don’t register.\u00a0 In fact, I don’t think I know any who do.<\/p>\n

I’ve written about similar topics before.\u00a0 When it comes to counting the expats, it’s mostly guesswork.\u00a0 But one think we can say with a good deal of confidence is that these \u201cofficial\u201d numbers are fairly useless.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n

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